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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Ken Annakin |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | March, 1975 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Direct Source Label |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Action / Adventure, Feature Film Family, Movie |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 779836403056 |
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Customer Reviews of Jack London's Call of the Wild (Sp)
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> This movie is BAD!!!! I HATED IT! A poor dog is ALWAYS dieing in this flim! And SO many dogs that were suffering didn't get to a good home! And poor Buck(The star/dog-German Shepherd) <
>Buck had to suffer in almost THE WHOLE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <
> WHAT makes Jack London(The Writer) think that people wiil want to read or watch abused and dieing dogs????!!!!!!!! And at the end Buck's owner dies and Buck is left living with the wolves. Sure he's got a family. BUT he still could get shot and killed! <
> This movie is NOT good for little kids! SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!
Heston Saves It from Being a Total... Well, You Know....
Imagine my sense of serendipity when, having just finished reading Jack London's classic "Call of the Wild" with my 9-year-old, I found this DVD release on sale for a dollar! (Some company called Double D has just released a series of "classic" films, TV shows and cartoons at this rock-bottom price.) Well, let me say it was worth the buck (pun not intended), but just barely. My son enjoyed watching it, but mainly because he's just finished the book. He had fun pointing out the incosistencies with the book, too. (It only took a 9-year-old to figure that out.) First and foremost, John Thornton becomes the main character throughout the story, rather than near the end as in the book. (I guess Heston wanted a bigger part.) But enough about that. If it weren't for Heston (not my favorite actor, but by far the best one in the film), this wouldn't be worth the plastic it was burned on. The "international cast" (I've learned to beware of that label ever since watching those Robert Halmi miniseries fiascos on TV) are unknowns, and rightfully so, and the dubbed-in dialogue for the foreign-speaking actors is even worse. The soundtrack - early 70's bad electronic - is atrocious. And the DVD was apparently copied from a scratchy print. Lastly, as mentioned by other reviewers, this is not a film (or story, for that matter) for very young children. There is mild profanity and moderate violence, particularly the dogfights, which were so vicious that I hope "no animals were harmed in the making of this picture." It desrves at least a PG. But it is, apparently, the only version of the story on DVD (or VHS?). So if you really want a rather bowlderized version of a classic story for a dirt-cheap price, or if you'll watch Charlton Heston in anything, by all means buy it.
One other good line
From Winthrop Harrison "winharrison" review:
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>"Still, this dull film contains one classic Chuck Heston line - words he was born to speak: "Mister, if you touch that dog again I'm gonna shoot ya!" Yippee!"
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>There is one other great Heston line in this film. With Buck growling at a malevolent frenchman, Heston says, with rifle in hand, "My dog don't like the way you smell."
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>There. Now you don't have to watch the movie!